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Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China's Sichuan

（China.org.cn）  09:27, April 24, 2013  

Xichang Satellite Launch Center is situated in Xichang and is known as China's "Aviation City". Located in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Xichang Satellite Launch Center is designed mainly to launch powerful thrust rockets and geostationary satellites. Known for its agreeable weather and picturesque scenes, most pictures shown on Chinese television of rockets taking off are shot here. (China.org.cn)

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